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TCP Flow and Congestion Control

GATE CSE 2025 Set 2 · Q16

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Consider the following statements: (i) Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) provides a mapping from an IP address to the corresponding hardware (link-layer) address. (ii) A single TCP segment from a sender S to a receiver R cannot carry both data from S to R and acknowledgement for a segment from R to S. Which ONE of the following is CORRECT?

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Official answer: B) (i) is TRUE and (ii) is FALSE

TCP Flow and Congestion Control

Let us analyze the given statements:

  1. Statement (i): The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is used at the network layer / data link interface to dynamically map a given network-layer IP address to its corresponding physical/hardware (MAC or link-layer) address within a local network segment. Therefore, statement (i) is TRUE.

  2. Statement (ii): TCP is a full-duplex protocol and supports piggybacking. A single TCP segment can contain payload data being sent from SS to RR, while also having the ACK control flag set and carrying an acknowledgment number for data previously received by SS from RR. Thus, it *can* carry both data and an acknowledgment. Therefore, statement (ii) is FALSE.

Hence, statement (i) is TRUE and (ii) is FALSE, which corresponds to Option (B).

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Consider the following statements: (i) Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) provides a mapping from an IP address to the corresponding hardware (link-layer) address. (ii) A single TCP segment from a sender S to a receiver R cannot carry both data from S to R and acknowledgement for a segment from R to S. Which ONE of the following is CORRECT?

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